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  1. Announcing fake_stripe

    A fake to test your Stripe code without hitting Stripe’s servers.

    Melanie Gilman
    May 24, 2016
    • News
    • Testing
    • Rails
    • Open Source
  2. My issues with Let

    let can lead to bloat. Be careful.

    Jason Draper
    May 20, 2016
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Good Code
    • Web
  3. Testing Elixir Plugs

    Unit-test your Elixir Plugs with a few quick tips.

    Josh Clayton
    May 11, 2016
    • Web
    • Elixir
    • Testing
    • Phoenix
  4. Disabling Caching in Tests

    You may not get the results you expected.

    Matt Sumner
    May 6, 2016
    • Testing
    • Rails
    • Web
  5. Factories Should be the Bare Minimum

    Keep it simple.

    Matt Sumner
    April 26, 2016
    • Testing
    • Rails
    • Factory Girl
    • Web
    • Factory Bot
  6. User Testing Gone Wild: A Guide to Course Correction

    After some unexpected twists, here’s how to get your user test back on track.

    Jaclyn Perrone
    December 24, 2015
    • Design
    • Usability
    • Testing
  7. Testing HTML in Phoenix Controllers

    Learn how to use ExMachina and Phoenix’s ConnTest for robust controller tests.

    Paul Smith
    December 17, 2015
    • Phoenix
    • Elixir
    • Testing
  8. ExMachina for Elixir: Factories with a Functional Twist

    Announcing a new factory library for Elixir.

    Josh Steiner and Paul Smith
    November 2, 2015
    • Elixir
    • Testing
    • Web
  9. Validating the FormKeep API

    Validate your client-server contracts with json_matchers.

    Sean Doyle
    October 12, 2015
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • JSON
    • Formkeep
  10. Testing SMS Interactions

    How do you simulate SMS messages in feature specs?

    Joël Quenneville
    July 27, 2015
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Rails
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